Specimen receptacle



July 22, 1952 M. E; TERLlzzl SPECIMEN RECEPTACLE Filed Nov. 2l, 1949 Inventar Marion E'. Terlizzi Patented July 22, 1952 UNITED STATES -PATENT'OFFICE SPECIMEN RECEPTACLE y Marion E. Terlizzi, Huntington, W. Va., assignor n of forty-five per cent to George Billy, McKeesport, Pa.

Application November 21, 1949, Serial No. 128,625

3 Claims.. (Cl. 4-141) a device of this character from which collected specimens may be easily dispensed into test tubes or the like, and which will be discerptible for cleaning and sterilization.

A meritorious feature of the present inventio resides in the provision of an extensible support member for the receptacle which will permit the same to be used with commodes of varying size.

Another important feature of the present invention resides in the pivotal connection between the support arms which make up the support member, which, together with the extensible nature of the support member, permits the receptacle to be positioned as desired in a commode.

A final feature to be specifically enumerated herein resides in the novel means provided for locking the arms in adjusted position and securing the receptacle to the arms.

These, together with various ancillary features and objects of the invention which will later become apparent as the following description proceeds, are attained by the present invention, a preferred embodiment of which has been illustrated by way of example only in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the present invention showing the same applied to a conven- :sisv

The specimen collector, indicated generally by the numeral I6, includes a receptacle I8 which is secured to an extensible support member comprising a pair of arms20 and 22. As best shown in Figure 3, the inner end of the arm 20 is bifurcated to provide spaced extensions 2 4lbetween K which the -inner end of the arm'22 is slidingly and telescopically received. The-extensions 24 and the arm 22 are provided with Aregistering longitudinal slots 26 and 28, respectively, which receive a threaded rod or stud 30 that Vis suitably secured to the under side ofthe receptacle VI8 and depends therefrom. yThe rod 30 is provided with Washers 32 on opposite sides of lthe l extension 24 and `is providedwith a wing nutY 34 at its lower end.

As thus far described, it will be readily apparent that the arms 20 and 22 are separately extensible from the receptacle I8 with the bolt 30 riding in the slots provided therein, and that the arms are each pivotally connected to the receptacle I8 with the rod 30 acting as a pivot. It will therefore be clear that the arms 2U and 22 may be rotatably and extensibly adjusted relative to the receptacle I8 and locked in the adjusted positions by tightening the wing nut 34.

As shown in Figure 2, the arms 20 and 22 are bent upwardly and outwardly adjacent their inner ends, thence outwardly and are provided with downturned ends 3B for a purpose to be presently set forth.

It is believed that the operation of the device will be readily understood. The arms 20 and 22 are rotatably and extensibly adjusted and locked in the adjusted position relative to the receptacle I8 by means of the wing nut 34 so that the receptacle I8 will be disposed within the commode I0 at the desired position with the arms 20 and 22 resting upon the side walls I2 with the downturned portions or hooks 38 engaging the side edges of the side walls I2. The hinged seat I4 is then swung down upon the side walls I2 and the device is ready for use.

It will be readily seen that the legs 20 and 22are bent as previously described to position the receptacle I8 below the hinged seat I4.

It is within the contemplated scope of this invention that the adjusting means shown in Figure 3 could be dispensed with and spring means substituted in lieu thereof for biasing the arms 20 and 22 toward each other for engaging the hooks 38 with the side walls I2, in which event the device would be self-adjusting.

In the preferred construction, the receptacle I8 and the arms 20 and 22 are formed of noncorrodible material such as stainless steel. The receptacle I8 is preferably provided with a lip 40 Whereby the contents thereof may be conveniently dispensed into a test tube or theY like.

From the foregoing, the construction and operation of the device will be readily understood and further explanation is believed to beY unnecessary. However, since numerous modifications andv changes `Will readily occur to those skilled in the art after a consideration of the vis 'extending through the openings, and a nut threaded on the stud securing the arms to the receptacle, said arms being angularly adjustable about Vthe stud as a pivot when the nut is loosened 'and adapted to engage the side Walls of a Vcommc'nle and to Vsupport the receptacle therebetween.

2. For use with a commode having side Walls',

Y a specimen collector comprising a receptacle,

an externally threaded stud depending from the receptacle, arpair ofoppositely extending supv 4 portarms having overlapping adjacent endportions, said portions having registeringy elongated slots,r said stud slidably extending through the slots, and a nut threaded on the stud securing the arms in adjusted relation' to the receptacle, said arms being adapted to engage the side walls of a commode and support said receptacle therea specimen collector comprising a receptacle, a

first arm having a bifurcated end portion andV a second arm having an end portion slidably received Within the bifurcated end portion, said portions having registering elongated slots, aY

fastener slidablyA received in said slots and securing the arms in adjusted relation, said receptacle being disposed above said portions, and means securing the receptacle to the fastener, the ends of the arms remote from said portions being adapted to engage and rest upon the upper edges of the commode side Walls to support the receptacle. Y ,f

' MARION E. TERLIZZI. REFERENCES CITEDV f The following references are of record in the file of this patent: l

' UNITED sTATEsPATENTs Number Name Date 733,787 Woodruff July 14, 1903 1,949,246 Duner f Feb. 27, 1934 2,243,791 Botenstein May 27, 1941 2,446,160 Muller July 27, 1948 2,471,201

r3. For use vvith a commode'liaaiing side Walls,V

Deardorff May 24, 1949' 

